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Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China — and How About Russia? (Ep. 481 Update)

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Social Science Is Not Like Machines

In an ideal world, readers would just look at the argument itself. Many social scientists reduce the process of development into a mechanical outcome. Social realities are not like machines; they are more like forest ecos es. They are multidimensional, constantly changing, adapting to one another.

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